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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20

Our friend Hugh Wilson, on April lst, ccle
brated the twenty-elghth anniversary OF his
connection with the A66c,ilie Press and Ban
ner. Mr.. Wilson Is one OF the most enterpris;;
ing newspaper men In the State. BY good
management, enterprise and tlreless industry
he has mado newspaper publishing. both a
literary and financial success. He deserved
1t, and he received 1t. and he has our best
wishes for his continued succcss.-Ldurens-
rille Herald.
The country Is safe again. IT IS noble to
save ones country without dying for 1t. AL
bert Ordway, chief Of the Military com mittec.
Of Washington, having In charge the great
companies viii be In Separate camps and
drill separately.
BY using one can Of prepared carriage paint,
you can paint your buggy for 81 90 no varnish
necessary. Sold by. 2. B Speed. 40
Ice cold sods water only cents a glass at
Speeds drug store, 1920
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
History Repeats Itself.
BdrnWeU People.

Boomlets are about to strike Greenville
and Spartanburg. The population of
each of those embryo cities is likely to be
increased by the Immigration Of couple
of Yankee capitalists. These gentlemen
have made much money mp North and,
it is to be presumed, come South to make
more in less time and with less trouble,
but from tho rejoicing of the Piedmont
escarpment it would appear that they
were coming with the pliianthropic pur-
pose of making everybody there rich and
happy and good looking. Many centu-
ries ago the Trojans pulled down the
walls Of their city that had resisted the
valorous attacks and wise strategy of the
Greeks for ten years and pnlled the fatal
wooden horse into the citadel that had so
long been impregnable. And we are in
clined to believe that the aforesaid wood
en- horse was nothing more or less than
Northern capital lent out mt high rates Of
interest and secured by iron-clad mort
cages of real property. History repeats
itself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
BR1ERwooD's BR1sTL1NG BAYoNETs.
Springs Beauty and Freshness..-COt.
ton Seed and Mcasley Sickness
Brier's Intellectual StOmach...The
Calhoun Monument OrntfOn.--Ante
MOrtem Obituaries, Etc.
Rn1Enwoon Anril 1851

BBIERW0oD, April lS, 1851.
Spring: though long delayed, has at a las,
us.
Everybody busy planting cotton. except the
few who have finished.
The delightful shower Of rain with which
day evening, missed MS. Rain Is much need
ed.
The measles nre on the increase. Several
new cases within the last week.
A Sunday School picnic is brewing. l will
write 1t up when 1t takes place.
Your Due West correspondent ought to be
ing again he will discover that 1t was the dis
tingulshed ~. p. g." of Phoenix, who fur
nished the readers of the Press and Banner
with a list OF the many papers read by him.
"Briers" small intellectual stomach would
hardly digest the immense amount OF matter
contained In J. p. G.'s list of papers. At least
not in addition to the amount OF ''book larn-
ing" that two Of the best teachers in Able
vile county endeavor. each day to fill the
aforesaid stomach with.
rather think the committee did right to
select an orator not related TO the distinguish
ell statesman to deliver the Grafton Mt the
unveiling Of the Calhoun monument. An
address OF this kind would be a strange one
If II did not consist in part OF a eulogy OF the
dead statesman. Such eulOgy Will sound
better coming from one not l1neal descend
ant.
Your reprinting the article written by you
during Col. Alken's Illness reminds US OF the
fact that upon reading 1t the first time 1t ap-
pearcd we thought how much better 1t was to
say the kind things contained therein then,
than to wait until the eyes Of the noble man
were closed In denth and then say them.
How much better 10 would be II We made 1t
rule TO speak the kind things we have to
speak, while the subjects are living. There
are those who are famishing to hear the kind
words that are held In check now, but that
will be poured forth like water when they are
gone hence.
During Mr.. w. D. Melton's recent Illness,
Mr.. Martin filled his place on the railroad.
Owing to Prof Griffins Illness school was
suspended few days last week.
Mr.. J. w. Fife Is the delegate 10 the County
Sunday School Convention from Tranquil
Sunday School; V. r. Hinton, alternate.
day School Sunday. BRlER.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
Open the Dam.
Lexington Dispatch.

We are reliably Informed that numbers
of persons have been daiy, seen for some
time past. catching sha'l j'ist below Salu-
da Factory dam with Stins and nets, where
the fish congregate In large numbers,
being unable to ascend the worthless fish
way which was sometimes since put over
the dam. AS no fish are found in the riv-
CT above the dam it is the duty Of the State
Fish Commissioner to Investigate the
matter and see that the fishway is so fig
ed that the fish can asscnd above the dam.
This is matter of much concern to the
people living above the Cam, and as the
law contemplates that they should have
the benefit of the migratory fish in the
stream, the 6shway shoul be in accordance
with law; and if it then fai's, a passage-way
should be made Mrough tic dam. Now IL
the time for the State Fish Commissioner
to investigate the matter. rs he can see the
fish in quantities in the river below the
dam, and that they find it impossible to
ascend the fishway.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
Air 0s n PUlyeTiZcr.

Erastus Wiman, of New York, has con-
cluded the purchase from Raymond
Brothers, the inventors, of all the i'm
provements upon the pulverizer which
some time ago he investigated at Mon
treal, and which, it is claimed, illustrates
an entirely new principle in mechanics,
grooming out of the application of the
natuaral principal developed in a cyclone.
The results show that iron Stag can be
reduced to powder, and that other refrac-
tory substances can be treated with equal
facility. Tests are at once to be made
with machines ready for the purpose in
various parts Of the country on ores, fer
tilzers and various other articles of COM
merce, which, if successful, it is claimed +,
will revolutionize the present mode of
grinding and qulverizing. A test made
with half barrel of nails showed the
iron ground into the finest powder with
out the aid of tooth, stamp or roller, and
with mother but air.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20

WASHINGTON, April l6:.To-morrow
the Sunday closing laws viii be enforced.
The chief of police to-day issued to his
subordnates an order ilistructing them
to see that the proprietors of all places Of
business, such rs groceries, butcher
shops, confectioners, cig''r stores, DC. do
not keep open their respective places OF
business for the sale of my article or ar
ticles of croft during tie Sabbath day.
News stands for the Sale of new spapcrs
NAV remain open until O'Clock, p. NJ,
and newspapers may b" cried upon the
streets until that hour. All licensed eat
ing houses, and also restaurants with bars
attached bars to l." kept closed
may remain open for the furnishing of
meals to customers. When the bar is in
the same room as the restaurant it must
be separated therefrom ~ securely-fas-
tened partition. Apothecary establish
ments may remain open for the dispens-
ing of medicines only. Barber shops
must be kept closed during the entire
Sabbath. The delivery { bread, ice and
milk, as well as other articles previously
purchased, will not be utcrfered with.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
Cheering Outlook for School Chill.
dren.

We are glad to note that the subject Of di-
viding the public school fund among the
teachers is beginning to receive the attention
of the people of the State. They begin to
realize that the Teachers Union-commonly
called Teachers InstitutcS-have for their
chief object the closing of the public schools
at the earliest day possible. This end to be
accomplished by the exhaustion of the public
fund.
The people are beginning to open their eyes
to the fact that their school money has been
most extravagantly wasted, and that in con-
sequence, their schools.have been of bat little
benefit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
The Cotton Plant.

Every farmer in Abbeville County should
subscribe for the Cotton Plant, a monthly pa
per issued from Greenville by Williams y
Mckerall, at sixty cents year. 1t is an
eight-page paper, five columns to the page
compactly printed in clear type, and every
number contains an excellent variety OF val
liable articles in reference 10 every depart
ment OF the farm, including all the grasses
and the cultivated crops, horses, cattle, hogs
poultry, bees, etc. Send for sample copy
We think If Messrs. Williams & McKcral
would print patent inside for other newspa
pers that they might do we'll for thcmselve:
and others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20

We don't understand it. We see that Judge
Kershaw has raised the murder bond to 5000
Heretofore murderers have been bailed foi
$1,000 to $500. Does Judge Kershaw really
mean 10 discourage pistol practice i'll the
State, or was Aliens more aggravated case
BY a strict construction of the Constitution
the Judges have no right to bail in every case
The action of the different Courts in giving
easy bail has done more to encourage the
commission of homicides and TO promote
perjury on the part ofjurymen than anything
else.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
A Grave Offence.

May clergyman wheel his own bahy
in mbulator? One would suppose
that he might, but not SO. think the peo-
ple of Edinburgh. A clergyman there
was seen carrying his baby. His horri-
fed congregation presented him with a
perambulator, but his last state was worse
than his first, for he wheeled this vehicle
along the streets with his baby init. This
insult to the genteel susceDtibilities Of his
congregation was too much, and he re-
ceived letter politely informing him
that whilst his abilities gave satisfaction
his pastoral services would no longer be-
required,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20

LEXINGTON, April l6.-A. Marks was
shot this NJ ornng, ut 2 o'clock, in j. W..
Earhart's barroom, by DR.. c. q. Leap
hart. The ball entered about the right
nipple and was cut out near the Back
bona Marks is resting well Tonight
and it is hoped he will not die.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20

WE assure our contemporary the Palmetto
Post that we meant no unkindncss or injustice
in republishing what Mr.. Williams was re-
ported to have said to newspaper reporter
about Port Royal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20

Seeds of evergreen trees may lie sowed
as early in the spring as the ground ran
be worked. Sow thinly in beds of fine,
sandy loan raised about four inches
above the general surface.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
The Mos. Lucrative Enterprise in tste
CITY Completely Broken tp-The
Ch.rf StDcIthoI.sers faandcuned.
and Taken TO gai!.

Stolen Goods, Like the Measles, to be Found1
in Many Parts of the City---sensatlona-
Stories Based on Facts, with superseruc-
ture Consisting Largely of Detective s
ImaginingS
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10
CENTENARY OF STEAM.
A Merited Tribute to the American In
ventor of the Loco motive.

A
ventor of the Loco motive.
The present year, besides being the
one hundredth anniversary Of the
signing of the Constitution of the
United States, is also the centenary OF
the invention OF the high-pressure
steam-engine. The locomotive, the
steamboat and the steam railway sys-
tenn are all inventions of American
origin. On British soil there is
monument on which is inscribed the
phrase: Inventor of the Locomo-
tive" This was never applied to
Stephenson while he lived. An Amer
lean citizen. number OF years before
Stephenson's and Watts devices were
made public, patented an invention in
the State of MARYLAND, which far sur
passed any thing which these two in
yentors even had thought of. This in.
yentor was Oliver Evans. and his
patent was granted in 1887 Evans
built and put into operation the first
useful hieh-pressure engine. He
was a man of progressive ideas. and
predicted that in at least half a CEN
tury this country would be bound by
an iron belt. Evans, who invented
these great things. rests in an I'M
known grave. while TO another is
given the credit Of his eenius. In
1909. Evans tried to establish a steam
railway between New York and Phil
adelphia At this time there was no
railway in the world more than ten
miles long In 1904. Evans built a
steamboat and launched it in Phil
adelphia. Evans IDEAS were patented.
and stolen by inventors in Great
Britain. Stephenson's Rocket was
built twenty wears af err Evans had
shown his invention to Americans
and demonstrated that IL would work
successfully. Evans was SO eager to
hnild a railway and mt his engines in
operation. that he offered to subscribe
$500 a mile for fiftv miles Of a road he
tween New York and Philadelphia.
and tn sunplv enoines that wonld RIM
at a speed Of fifteen miles per hour
Evans was a good mechanic and had
to STRUGGLE against opnosition. His
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10
SEVEN GREAT BOOKS.
Hlstory OF the Most Famous Sacred Writ
ings Now Ia Existence.

Hlstory OF the Most Famous Sacred Writ.
ings Now In Existence.
The seven Bibles Of the world are
the Koran Of the Mohammedans, the
Eddas Of the Scandinavians. the Try
Pitikes of the Buddhists. the Five
Kings of the Chinese, the three Vedas
of the Hindoos. the Zendavesta, and
the Scriptures OF the Christians. The
Koran 10 the most recent Of these seven
Bibles, and not older than the seventh
century Of our era tits compound
Of quotations from tho Old and New
Testaments, the Talmud, and the
Gospel of ST. Barnabas. The Eddas Of
the Scandinavians were first published
in the fourteenth century. The Pitikes
Of the Buddhists contain sublime
morals and pure aspirations. but
their author lived and died in the
sixth century before Christ. There
is nothing Of excellence in these
sacred books not found in the Bible.
The sacred writings of the Chinese
are called tho Five Kings, king mean
Ing web of cloth, or the warp that
keeps the threads in their place. They
contain the best sayings Of tho best
sages on tho ethico-political duties OF
life. These sayings can not be traced
TO a period higher than the eleventh
century B. c. The three Vedas are the
most ancient books of the Hindoos, and
it is the opinion of Max Muller, wilson.
johnson and Whitney that they are not
older than eleven centuries B. c. The
Zendavesta of the Persians is the
grandest of all the sacred books next
to our Bible Zoroaster, whose sayings
it contains, was born in the twelfth
century B. c. Moses lived and wrote
his Pentateuch fifteen centuries b. c..
and therefore has a clear margin Of
three hundred years older than the
most ancient OF the other sacred writ
inys - Interior
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10
The Varied Value Of Silver.

Silver, in its relative value to gold.
has varied greatly at different times.
In the days Of Patriarch Abraham it
was eight to one; B. c. 1000 it was
twelve to one; B. C. 500 it was thirteen
70 one; at the commencement of the
Christian era it was nine to one; A. D.
500 it was eighteen to one; in HOO it
was eight to one; in 1400 it was eleven
to one; in 1854 it was six to one; In
1851 it was two to one; in 1000 1t was
ten to one; in 1927 it was thirteen to
one; in 1900 it was fifteen and half to
one. It maintained the latter ratio un-
til 1872, when it began to rise, and in
1876 it attained to twenty to one; 1t
soon after gradually declined, then adj
vanced again. and August l, 1886,
reached the highest point ever known,
since which time it has gradually de-
clined to twenty to ne.-jes0elry Nes0s.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10

This pretty lake deserved better
name, but the Indians nave irrevocably
consecrated most of it to the devil, in
name, at least, writes correspondent
from Dakota. There is a Devil Heart,
a pretty wooded hill, mountain, and
high for this region at three hundred
feet. Devils Tooth is rocky curiosity
for stoneless country, and Devil 8
Backbone is the name of a seam in one
of the lakeside hills. The very water
of the lake. clear and wave-capped, is
called the DEVILS Broth. Indians still
speak of its .'treacherous waters for
legend has it that years ago. before the
white man came, two warlike tribes
met In canoes in mid-lake, and the
spirit of the waters swallowed them up
to a man. Ever since that day the red
man has Stunned the lake, and to this
day none of the older Sioux will cross
it-HarJord Coardnt.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10

The first requisite for profitable man.
agement of farm, and for any bust
ness in fact, i to reduce the outlay for
expenses, and when farmer buys his
-four, butter and meat. instead Of pro-
ducing them, and having a surplus of
them to sell, he neglects this primary
principle of good farming. Farmers
of forty years ago, and some OF the
present day, supplied their households
with wool and flax for domestic use as
we'll as with their -four. vegetables,
honey, fruit, vinegar, butter, cheese,
pork, beef and mutton. The well
stocked cellar and larder, with the
well furnished closets, showed that the
cardinal principal of prosperity ito
grow his own feeding stuff was not
neglected. -Rural NeW Yorker.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10
SWEARING AND LYING.
Two soul-Destroying Habits That Can Not
He Decried Too Strongly.

Be Decrted Too Strongly.
In one of the reports received con-
scientious teacher writes: II would
like advice at some convenient time on
method of punishment for continual
swearing and falsehood. A very inn
portant question indeed. There arc
always some circumstances that stag
ger the stoutsst hearts in the manage
ment of children, and this is one Of
them. The teacher should tax herself
to break up such venomous habits at
once If it can be done by skill and
tact, so much the better. II not, try
any legitimate means that the circum-
stances will allow. Consult parents
and directors. If every thing fails,
kindly ask that such pupil be removed
from the school. and let him feel all the
while that the necessity for such action
is all owing to his own weakness. If it
is a single case it is better by far to de-
prive him Of school privileges for time
than endanger the school. 1t is
not always a hopeless case.
When quite small, children tell
stories. They have. a very vivid imagi-
nation, and with but little experience
in the world they about conclude that
things are true when it is mere con-
ception Of the mind. They are not old
enough to use their judgment and have
no conscientious scruples about such
things as yet. 1t is a critical period in
their budding natures and needs pa
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10
AL KINDS OF NOSES.
Protubersnces That Mark the Pecuiiart-
lies of Races the World Over.

Ties OF Races tho Wofia Otcf.
The lower races, like the negroes.
Esquimaux. etc, have broad. fat
noses. and their mental and moral
characteristics are low. The Cauca-
sian has prominent and well-defined
nose, and he leads in subduing the
world. The Chinese have bad noses,
and they are intellectually a superior
race, but they are not really a proper
exception, for they flatten the
noses OF their children in infancy.
They have cultivated email and fiat
noses for generations upon some alb
surd notion that the eyes are the most
important and should not be obseured
by the nose You can also see how
the nose marks some of the grada-
lions Of society around you. Look AT
the concave face of the low and igno-
rant, those whom you are sure TO find
often in the police courts or who adorn
the cells of our prisons. You can not
for moment associate beauty. valur,
genius, or intellectual power with
such noses.
OF course, among the refined and
educated there are noses and noses.
Education and proper early training
may do much even for nose.
| Socrates had snub. vile snub. but
he was frank enough 10 admit that in
his heart he was very bad man.
Training did much for him, as it does
| for every body, but man who enters
| life with a snub is scriouly handi-
capped. Can you wonder that the
learned Mr.. Shandy expressed his
grief. so forcibly when he learned
that his son hail lost his nose at the
very threshold of lifep
Ii you study the portraits Of great
men you will be struck by the char
acter of their noses. The worlds
| compelers have all had good noses.
Napoleon's nose was well shaped but
large. neither Roman nor Grecian. but
a compound of the two. Alexander
the Great had the same kind Of 9
nose, and SO had Frederick the
Great, Richelieu and Cardin al Wolsey.
Look al the portrait of Washington.
All that is great in firmness, patience
and heroism is stamped upon his nose
which Is the true aquiliae. Yelling
ton nose was of the same type. ant
so was Julius C@ sars. and each pos
sessed the same characteristics o
patient courage and heroic firmnes'
that belonged to Washington.
The wide nostriled nose betoken
strong powers of thought and love TO
serious meditation. and these you SCI
in the portraits of Bacon, Shaks
pere, Franklin and DIR. johnson, AM
in others Of our great students AM
writer's.
The French have great deal I
say on the nose. Every French biog
rapher is sure to do the nose of his her
and heroine and tell all about it. re
ioicing If it is comedy one and ex
planning away its defects if it is not
One of Edmund About's most enter
tanning novels is called "The Nose {
a Notary" 1t was Pascal who sal
that if the nose Of Cleopatra had bee
shorter the whole face Of the worl
would have been changed. Anthem
would never have fallen in love with
snub-nosed woman. Cupid has ger
orally ignored the existence of h
feminine nose. He compliments he
brow, her eyes, her cheeks. and eve
her ears. but her nose never, or hard
ever London E1chdnQe.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-12-10
CURING COLD FEET.

A Simple Remedy Which Has Never Been
Known 10 Fail.
ssThose are not heavy enough for
me. l suffer so much from the cold
that must have the heaviest and
warmest hosiery can buy
s.lt is very foolish to suffer from that
cause, and very unnecessary. too. "
returned the salesman. who was en-
deavoring to persuade reporter to buy
pair of summer weight socks for vim
ter wear.
How sop
Il will give you a simple remedy
that is certain to cure you if You will
give it a fair trial"
III guarantee that"
Before you retire tonight battle
your feet in water at tenper;t-
ture of about eighty degrees. Hold
them in the wat.'r ten minutes. r.
peat this in the morning. The next
day make the water five degrees
colder. until it reaches the Temporal
ture of thirty eight degrees. When
you find You can stand that keep II
up for fortnight or SO. and YOU will
never be troubled with the cold
again."
lis 1t sureg'
II have tried it myself and recon-.
mended it 10 about II hundred othcl
sufferers. and il has succeeded evers
time. It's worth whilc Udng, ~.
NJ y Maui md Erpress.